Officially epilepsy. Bowden fell from his cart and was trampled by the hooves of his own oxen and taken to Umtali hospital where he died three days later. The hospital was little more than a mud hut, and his body had to be kept from marauding lions before he was buried in a coffin made of whiskey cases.

Never the best of batsmen, when someone shouted 'duck!', he replied in jocular fashion 'no thanks, I have over fifty already'. He was subsequently smashed in the back of the head by a misguided bouncer.

A professional nightwatchman, suffered serious batterings after actually facing more balls than all his team mates combined. The final blow was inflicted by a wicket keeper who tapped his shoulder, causing Walters to collapse and die instantly.

Developed 'robotic umpire syndrome' whereby he became limited to very few, cricket related movements. The problem came when he accidentally gave the 'two balls left' signal to a rather large individual in the pub.

Eaten by sharks. Always a superstitious soul, insisted on lifting his leg whenever the score was a multiple of 111. The problem came when a pirate with a wooden leg saw him doing this and mistakenly thought he was taking the piss.